La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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MAROON AND WHITE his partner oe Regan and we two began rem mrscrng our old classmates Regan told me of a recent trrp to Washrngton where he had vrsrted Senator ames McCarthy of Rhode Island and Congressman McDermott While McDonald told of hrs stay rn the Carleton Hotel rn New York whrch mcrdentally was owned by old Mattre Lynch whrle rn New York rt was Macs good fortune to attend the world serles game between the Yankees and Grants whrch the Grants won because of the Hashy prtchrng of Curley Conley lhe plane soon reached rts destrnatron and we alrghted on the Kay Mur alr pond oper ated by two old classmates rmmre Kennedy and Iom Murphy From the arr pond to the center of the crty was a luxurrous rrde rn one of the Casey Taxr Company new cars I then left my old frrends to drne ln one of the Berlam Fraatz Restaurants On entermg I purchased a copy of the Telegram whrch was owned by the Murphy Syndrcate whose presrdent was John Murphy Glancrng over the front page I read General Raymond Kelly grven command of new Army headquarters rn New York I later found an ad vertrsement featurmg Fred Fogartys famous or chestra My attentron was now drawn to the theatre revrews wrrtten by Gordon Harrison the famous starrmg George Morrarty and I was further rn terested to hnd that the prcture was adapted from Elor Lareau s recent sensatronal novel of the same name I left the restaurant for a stroll and happened to pass the Merchants 'I rust Burldmg whrch was erected by the Wallace Constructron Company and housrng the Merchants Irust Company whrch boasted as Presrdent Arthur Murray and Vrce Presrdent ohn Fogarty I soon came to the new Crty I-Iosprtal where Doctors D1 Prete and McCaffrey worked on the sta On the old Unron Statron grounds stood the new Duquette hotel owned by our old classmate and entermg I found ohn Fogarty another old classmate rn the lobby and we began talkmg of cent trrp to Boston rn the company of Doctor Caffrey the well known dentrst where they vrs rted Governor Bob Dunn of Massachusetts and hrs Lreutenant Governor Meenan Strll later rn the day we came upon one of the members of Class 4 D of 31 It was Chrck Donahue now sportrng edrtor of the News ournal and berng a newspaper man he had the low down on everybody rncludrng hrs old pals Here rt rs as he told rt to us One stormy nrght I betook myself to a theatre for a quret evenrng s entertarnment As I boarded the electrrc I was accosted by an officer of the GOLDENU I- Frfty eight 9 J 9 ' -I - r ll . M . . . .. ., Joe , J. . I , , I - ' ff. 1 4 l n . , J , Critic. He discussed the picture. Columbia, old times at La Salle. Then he told me of a re- . W, , A. I ' so n Q V -A 'U' I I I ' I - it ' .4 at I ' a - T I N ' ' B I E E

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LA S!XLLE AChADEfWV around the corner I saw Manager Trernan of the Yanks showlng Georgie Kam how to grrp the bat The game soon started and needless to say It lmed up to our expectation that lt would be a hard fought game When the first ball was pltched I heard the loud sonorous volce of the umplre No mrstak card my thoughts were confirmed While turnmg back the pages of my score card I chanced across the announcement Last chance to see the marvelous play The Brrth of an Ideal starrmg Leo Duprey greatest drama trst of his trme Reading further I notrced the names of Ray Baker and lwom McAdams the funsters After reading thls announcement I heard some borsterous fellows razzmg the umplre They turned out to be lmmle Coffey and Pop Con nery These two conducted a cholce chain of drug stores second only to Doherty and Farrell Inc the lnternatronally known manufacturlng drugglsts just as I arose from my seat to see the pretty young thing down rn front I saw the ball go ffoatlng over the fence for a home run When I looked to see who the hero was I saw George Kam Joyfully rounding the bases This proved to be the only run of the day After the game I went to the dressing room and talked with Brll llernan I found that George and Bull were the wealthy owners of a large hotel I found that Bull was the wealthy owner of McGroarty s Soaf Soap Manufacturing Com pany While I was thus mqurrmg the debonarr reporter of the News ournal burst Into the room no other than Alfred Orsml Provrdences most energetic reporter On our way home we stopped rn at Ed Murphy s Athletic Club Inside the club two flghters were being exammed by Doctor Fitz patrlck We left Ed and soon came to St Ed ward s Church and we dropped ln to see Father Geoghegan who was msplrmg the nation with hrs weekly broadcast From here we went to Provrdence s most ex cluslve night club We met Martrn Noonan the manager and he saw to lt that we got good tables The guest orchestra was George Bren nans Melody Makers Percy Moran ac companled hlm at the plano who by the way was considered the best planlst 1n the United States and It rs rumored he IS maklng more money than that lovable person the agmg Rudy Vallee of old tlmes As Lmus concluded who should come along but Ambrose Q Red Flynn now an equally famous orchestra leader and a one time member of the La Salle Academy Orchestra We were able to pry hum loose from the fol lowmg While on an arrplane trlp a month ago from Chrcago to Provldence I chanced to rude wrth the presldent of the lmes Way McDonald and NINETEEN THIRTY ONE Flfty seven s J., L-.T ' ' . 'idk , V ' . 1 I l X - L .. N . . . . . 1 X I x -f - E ' .. . , , . , . . . , ' ' 1 In n u as 1 s c . - . . . . , , ing that voiceQ Ed Short, looking at my score , , , , 1 1 ' , I , fl I n s ' . , ' n n , . - 3 , - V , V . . 1 1 I . I , J' ' ll 'Y ' - , . . . 1 ' . , . . . ' f' , , I r 1 . 1 , , , , ' 4

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LA SALLE ACADE 'V law He querred me as to my destrnatron but be fore I answered hrm I hesrtated a few seconds for two reasons lqhe frrst reason was why thrs officer was askrng such a questron and secondly just who was thrs polrceman Durrng thrs short rnterval I remembered who the officer was none other than my old class buddy rmmre Delaney now a full fledged copper Thrs meetrng rm medrately drsmrssed from my mmd the other rea son for my procrastrnatron rmmre Jorned me on the car and began to relate to me the happenrngs of the last few years rn regards to our classmates Before rmmre had a chance to relate hrs narratrve we were both greeted by a loud hello by the motorman on the car who was no one but Fred Goff lhrs was only the begrnnrng of some surprrsrng revela trons to be made to the both of us after we en tered the car From these two sources rmmre and Fred I learned the followmg whrch I shall endeavor to relate to you I was rnformed that Wrllre Brown was dorng a very credrtable Job fillrng hrs father s shoes as Crty Audrtor Eddre Coffey was Chref of the Frre Department berng assrsted rn hrs work by Leo Frtzpatrrclc Alfred Payette and Tommy Walker Whrle rrdrng down on the car I happened to glance at the New Yorlg Trmes Upon turnrng to the sport page I found rn screamrng headlrnes VOM DALEY ACCEPIS S20 000 FOR SEASON WITH AI HLE PICS To contmue wrth Delaneys story He told me that he was rn court the other day to pro e cute omebocly and among the old gang who were there numbered were Charle lVIclVlahon who was pro ecutrng for the State War er Keel de who was the pre rdrng u trce and Be ne Sullrvan who was chairman of the jury lhe car arrrved downtown and I reluctantly left rmmre after thankrng hrm for the rnforma tron he had grven me On my way across Exchange Place to the theatre I met ohn Deary who had just come down the hrll from the Unron Statron ohnnre came all the way from Wyomrng where he handled the accountrng affarrs of the Amalga mated Brewerres Incorporated I rnvrted hrm t 1orn me at the theatre but he rn turn rnvrted me to accompany hrm to hrs new home I trred to drssuade hrm from gorng home but he finally went and I wrth hrm After a short repast ohnnre oblrged me wrth some rnterestrng srdelrghts on some other member of our old class whrch more than repard me for my rmpromptu vrsrt He sard Albert lVIcG nn was delrverrng a serres of talks on the Catholrc Hour hrs new trtle berng Rev Father MCG nn OP Also that rmmre Fay was a Rear Ad mrral at the Newport Torpedo Statron Nh X NINETEEN THIRTY CNE Fifty nlne - - - - . . S - .. ,, s . . ' ' s ' 5 r' 1 '- Q , ' ' 3 ,I 5 3 1' . , . , . I r - . v ' , . ,I , Y U . I , . 9 I 9 ' 0 , ,l , , an n - - - ' ' ' ' 1 J t I , s , . 1 ss n ' ' ' ' , . v - I 1 1 - ' f t ' ' 2, 1 I . . . . . , , v I . , .